Obs. [OE. cawel, cawl, caul, ad. L. caul-is cabbage: see CAUL, COLE, KALE.] Cabbage, cole, kale. Also in comb., † cawel-hert, a name applied to the hare; † cawel-wurm, a caterpillar, kaleworm.
a. 1000. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 202. Caulus, cawel.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., ibid. 121. Gurgulio, cawelwurm.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 336. Sele him etan ʓesodenne cawel. Ibid., II. 240. Wild cawel. Ibid., I. 106. On cawles [v.r. caules] leaf.
a. 1325. Names Hare, in Rel. Ant., I. 133–4. In the worshipe of the hare … The cawel-hert, the worttroppere.
